Age of Heroes, ten consecutive guarantees

Three days later.

Hokkaido.

The last time I came here was three years ago... After these three years of development, it seems that the pain of the past has been forgotten, and today's city is developing even more rapidly.

High-rise buildings are rising from the ground. Compared with the three-mile city behind the Huangquan front three years ago, it can now be called a ten-mile city.

It has expanded to more than three times the original area.

Every time the underworld is purged, the economy in Hokkaido will actually usher in some rapid development.

Because the number of demons and ghosts in Huangquan has dropped significantly, many mines and resources inside Huangquan will be exposed. Many specialties unique to the Shadow World subsidence area will become hot commodities in the market, and naturally various caravans will enter it.

Businessmen are an important component of economic activities, and their presence will naturally bring about the vitality of a city.

Of course, this is not just because a large number of merchants pounced on Huangquan, a fertile land with great wealth.

What is more important is the change in the shogunate's operating policy and the change in attitude towards foreign companies.

The last time the Underworld was held, the Chinese side suffered heavy losses, and the shogunate's samurai family also suffered heavy losses.

Both sides were injured, but overall, the shogunate was less affected than the Chinese.

The shogun took the opportunity to promote a series of economic strategic reforms.

The core of its operation is to attract investment centered on Edo and Sanli Castle.

In just three years, Edo's overall development speed has leapt forward, and its average GDP has tripled in three years.

Sanli City has expanded three times, and 70% of its real estate projects come from investment from foreign companies.

As a military base controlled by the shogunate, Huangquan Frontline theoretically does not allow foreign capital to intervene.

But Huangquan is very special. It is not only a military base, but also inseparable from businessmen who come here for profit.

After the restrictions in Sanli City were opened, foreign companies set up a large number of offices here. At one time, the total proportion of foreign companies accounted for more than 70%.

Here you can see a large number of Daxia people, Tianzhu people, Siamese, etc...

The people who are most interested in investing here are naturally Daxia businessmen and Tianzhu curry guys.

The former is well-known, after all, everyone in Daxia knows that people in the Xia Dynasty are angry and the toad holds copper, and the latter is also well-known for being bad at deceiving people.

Therefore, the competition between the Tianzhu Business Gang and the Daxia Business Gang has been common and even intensified.

Interestingly, one can even see the church of the Holy Church in this city.

This does not mean that the shogunate allowed the Holy Church to carry out missionary activities, but that it took advantage of loopholes in the rules.

The shogunate tacitly allowed the Holy Church to carry out economic activities and investments here. As for the shape of the house, that was up to them.

Today, the permanent population of Shili City is as high as 200,000, and the floating population is close to 500,000. The total population may exceed 1 million in the next few years.

Similarly, the shogunate built such a city behind the Huangquan front line, acquiescing to the entry of a large number of foreign businessmen here, and it must have been with the idea of ​​​​drawing people into the water, so as to avoid the recurrence of the tragedy of Huangquan Dazu three years ago.

Bai Yu was sitting on a caravan's carriage, waiting to enter Huangquan for customs inspection.

Why use animal power like horse-drawn carriages?

It's simple, because once you enter the shadow world, all kinds of electronic equipment will malfunction and cannot be used at all.

The explanation given for this is that a phenomenon of overlapping time and space leads to a natural loss of energy. The energy of non-living objects will naturally flow from high to low. The energy loss rate is usually thousands of times that of normal operation. , so if a battery is brought in, even one with an energy-gathering ring will shut down within a few seconds.

Although fuel engines, steam engines and the like can operate, their excessive movement is not suitable for use in the shadow world.

So if you want to carry things inside the shadow world, you have to return to the simple animal power in the end.

Good horses with certain exotic animal bloodlines have become the first choice for many caravans. Each horse here has a market price of hundreds of thousands of Daxia coins.

Bai Yu held a piece of grass in his mouth and looked at the endless flow of caravans, thinking that this was also the result of historical changes.

Before he weaved his destiny, there were only a few Daxia caravans running business here for a long time; but after his weaving of destiny, history took a turn, because the shogunate reduced the loss of personnel of the younger generation and made great progress in economic reform. took a more radical step.

This led to the current grand situation in Hokkaido and Huangquan.

Although the first few fleet operators also encountered the same dilemma, the business environment was obviously much better.

Too many Daxia merchants flocked here.

Just like the caravan Bai Yu took along the way came from Daxia.

This caravan with the name "Tantai" is not famous in Daxia. It belongs to a third-rate family at most. It has a history of about 500 years and is quite famous in the Jiangnan area. It is said that the ancestors walked the Silk Road and Tantai Our ancestors relied on camels as a means of transport, traveled thousands of miles, and earned hundreds of years of hard-earned money.

Later, after the Shadow World subsidence zone swallowed up the ancestral tombs of the Tantai family, the family moved to the south of the Yangtze River, picked up their past livelihood, and started running transportation. The Tantai family had been merchants for several generations, but they could not complete the transformation. They were able to make money in a good way. , three or four generations have worked hard to build a good family business, but the good times did not last long. The various industries in Daxia are too complicated. The Tantai family is not a big family. Although there are extraordinary people in the family, their foundation is too weak. I heard that The policy of Yingzhou changed, so he came to Hokkaido to try a new way.

Developing new markets and new businesses has always been a backbreaking job that can only be left to the most capable people.

The Tantai family was quite well prepared for this, and sent two members of the Tantai family, one civil and one military.

There is only one third-level transcendent, Tantai Gong; and the eldest lady of the Tantai family, Tantai Yin.

The former is responsible for military force, and the latter is the backbone of the new generation in the family.

Carrying the expectations of everyone in the family, the uncle and niece came to the underworld, just to confirm with their own eyes whether the rumors of gold everywhere in the underworld were true or false.

In fact, most caravans will not choose to enter Huangquan directly, but stay in the city outside, waiting for people who enter Huangquan to bring their things out.

These people are usually called gold diggers. They almost escape death if they enter the underworld. Most of the gold diggers have some strength and luck before they dare to enter the underworld to dig for gold.

Usually, most of the proceeds from the items brought back from the Underworld also go into the pockets of these people.

After all, the supply of goods exceeds demand and there are too many chambers of commerce. The market will naturally rise, and the benefits obtained by the chamber of commerce will decrease.

So some chambers of commerce decided to go into the underworld to mine gold themselves. These were gold mining caravans. They usually configured their own guards, mining tools, etc... It required a lot of investment in the early stage, but the rewards were also great.

The shogunate will not interfere with this. Whether it is a team or an individual, they only need to pay 20% of the total income when they leave.

You can just sit back and collect money without paying anything. You only need to manage order. The shogunate is happy with this. What it values ​​​​is not only monetary gains, but also the economic benefits and money return brought about by liberalizing the market.

Bai Yu saw this clearly and could only lament that the shogunate's business was open and straightforward.

The Shadow World is a treasure that cannot be excavated. As long as the underworld does not continue to expand and cause Hokkaido to completely sink, the shogunate will definitely not take action against it.

As for why there is an inexhaustible supply of things in the shadow world, Bai Yu has stayed there for a while, and he thinks it is probably equivalent to a parallel world.

Readers who know Xingyue must have heard of the gem man and the second method. This second method travels through parallel worlds. He has a short sword called the gem sword, which can capture infinite magic power from the parallel world.

This principle is the same.

If there is no upper limit on the number of parallel worlds, then when you have a drop of water, you have an infinite amount of water; either 0 or positive infinity.

There must be some kind of special refresh mechanism in the Shadow World, which will be refreshed after a period of time. Just like the continent of Teyvat, you can't finish it no matter how you collect it.

It is precisely because the Shadow World has this mechanism, which is both an enemy and a resource production point, that large-scale wars and continuous civil strife have not broken out on the earth.

Back to the original topic.

At this time, Huang Quan's inspection had reached the door.

After recording, the blocked door was opened and the caravan entered the underworld.

After three years, I stepped into this field again.

The young man looked in a certain direction, casting a distant view.

This caravan is fully prepared and will probably reach the middle area of ​​Huangquan. He can still take a ride for a while.

In front of the caravan, the uncle and nephew on horseback were talking.

"This trip was still too hurried." Tantaiyin said softly: "We are not familiar with the place, and we can't judge where to go."

"Entering Huangquan is just a matter of luck. No one knows what you will encounter later." Tantai Gong has been traveling around for many years and has a more open mind: "Let's go forward. I hope the information I bought before can be useful."

"I don't like this place." Tantaiyin shook his head: "It's too gloomy. I don't know how many bones are buried here."

"There are too few stable subsidence areas in Daxia, and they are almost all taken over by powerful locals." Tantai Gong sighed: "I know you are in a bad mood, but in this world, there is no such thing as wealth and wealth. For hundreds of years, the ancestors of the Tantai family were not willing to walk the Silk Road, and they were all competing for future generations. If we can open up this trade route , we can connect the precious capital chain and give our family another breath.”

Tantaiyin nodded: "Second uncle, I'm sorry...it's not that I'm saying anything depressing, but I always feel a little unsettled, and I always feel that those Tianzhu people are not so kind."

"Well, the intelligence from several parties has focused on one place. Even if it is wrong, it doesn't matter. I will send some gold diggers to take a look first, and then walk for half an hour to find a place to camp and wait."

After several conversations, Tantaiyin felt relieved that his second uncle was still a conservative.

She slowed down her horse and was about to tell the people behind her not to lose touch.

As he rode through the center of the caravan, he caught a glimpse of the young man sitting on the carriage.

This young man was halfway in the car and said he wanted to go to the underworld for a walk. The second uncle was a kind man so he took him with him. He didn't take the initiative to cause trouble. Naturally, no one in the convoy was looking for trouble with him. They just noticed that the young man was carrying a sword. So he curiously asked his second uncle how he was doing.

Tantai Gong said that he couldn't tell the difference, and Tantai Yin felt relieved. He thought that he was not like a master at such a young age, and he only used a sword to strengthen his courage.

Their eyes met for a moment.

He smiled back.

Tantaiyin turned his head and pretended not to see it.